Method and system for planning and facilitating a venture
First Claim
1. A business planning method for an endoscopy services venture, the method comprising:
- entering user estimate information based on a user estimate of a value for the endoscopy services venture;
providing a plurality of default values based on endoscopy services knowledge database-provided data retrieved according to the user estimate information;
entering user estimate information additional to previously entered user information to one of supplement and override at least one of the previously entered user estimate information and a default value of the plurality of provided default values; and
reporting a business plan customized for the endoscopy services venture, based on the default value information and the user estimate information.
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Abstract
A business planning and project facilitation method, program, and system for a new or existing venture is provided. Default values based on data retrieved from a knowledge database according to user-provided venture estimate information, are provided to the user. The user can enter additional information based on the user'"'"'s estimate of a value for the venture to supplement and/or override at least one default value of the plurality of provided default values provided by the system. Based on the default value information and the user estimate information, a business plan customized for the venture is reported to the user. The database has information specific to a local business environment and detailed information about the industry of the target venture, including for example, ambulatory surgery centers and facilities, such as endoscopy.
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36 Claims
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1. A business planning method for an endoscopy services venture, the method comprising:
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entering user estimate information based on a user estimate of a value for the endoscopy services venture;
providing a plurality of default values based on endoscopy services knowledge database-provided data retrieved according to the user estimate information;
entering user estimate information additional to previously entered user information to one of supplement and override at least one of the previously entered user estimate information and a default value of the plurality of provided default values; and
reporting a business plan customized for the endoscopy services venture, based on the default value information and the user estimate information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A business planning system for an endoscopy services venture, the system comprising:
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a user interface configured to receive user estimate information based on a user estimate of a value for the endoscopy services venture;
a controller configured to generate a plurality of default values based on endoseopy services knowledge database-provided data retrieved according to the user estimate information;
the user interface configured to receive user estimate information additional to previously entered user information to one of supplement and override at least one of the previously entered user estimate information and a default value of the plurality of provided default values; and
the controller configured to generate a business plan customized for the endoscopy services venture, based on the default value information and the user estimate information, and to output the generated business plan. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A processor readable medium embodying a program of instructions for carrying out a business planning method for an endoscopy services venture, the instructions comprised of:
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means for entering user estimate information based on a user estimate of a value for the endoscopy services venture;
means for providing a plurality of default values based on endoscopy services knowledge database-provided data retrieved according to the user estimate information;
means for entering user estimate information additional to previously entered user information to one of supplement and override at least one of the previously entered user estimate information and a default value of the plurality of provided default values; and
means for reporting a business plan customized for the endoscopy services venture, based on the default value information and the user estimate information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A business planning method for a venture, the method comprising:
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entering user estimate information based on a user estimate of a value for the venture;
providing a plurality of default values based on knowledge database-provided data retrieved according to the user estimate information;
entering user estimate information additional to previously entered user information to one of supplement and override at least one of the previously entered user estimate information and a default value of the plurality of provided default values; and
reporting a business plan customized for the venture, based on the default value information and the user estimate information entering user-provided venture information for the venture, wherein the business plan is generated based on average scores for the industry of the venture, taking into account values specific to a local business environment according to a location of the venture. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A processor readable medium embodying a program of instructions for carrying out a business planning method for a venture, the instructions comprised of:
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means for entering user estimate information based on a user estimate of a value for the venture;
means for providing a plurality of default values based on knowledge database-provided data retrieved according to the user estimate information;
means for entering user estimate information additional to previously entered user information to one of supplement and override at least one of the previously entered user estimate information and a default value of the plurality of provided default values; and
means for reporting a business plan customized for the venture, based on the default value information and the user estimate information entering user-provided venture information for the venture, wherein the business plan is generated based on average scores for the industry of the venture, taking into account values specific to a local business environment according to a location of the venture. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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